Kutztown Invitational
Saturday, September 11, 1999
Weather: Sunny & 78F


Boys Race: Ed Schlichter of Chambersburg took off from the gun. Across the 
broad soccer fields and through the first tree break the thundering herd 
chased him. Wyo's Joel Moceri steadily moved by the pack up the right side. 
By the first turn., Joel was on Schlichter's heels, where he proceeded to 
draft him for the next mile. Just past the softball fields, Joel drew even. 
At the same point along the tree line (first time by) up the short rise, Joel 
surged. The same patented move that he made at last year's Berks Co. 
Championship. The result was the same, the pain was visible on Schlichter's 
face as Joel cruised away. Never seriously challenged again, the gap 
lengthened steadily the rest of the way as Joel won by over 120 meters and 20 
seconds. The rest of the Wyo boys made a great showing. Joel Goodling was 
battling for 10th all day only to slightly fade in the last half mile to a 
13th place finish. First year runners Josh Vanderveen and Paul Stoltfus ran 
in a close trio with Jeff Muir for the first two miles. Josh made a big move 
up to 15th and eventually finished 17th with Paul finishing strong to snare 
the 18th place medal. Jeff was 23rd. Overall, the Spartans finished a solid 
2nd as a team to team winner Chambersburg.


Girls Race: The Wyo girls achieved a first: Winning the Kutztown Invitational 
and defeating the traditionally strong AAA power Chambersburg for the first 
time ever.  Beth Armstrong of Chambersburg led from start to finish to grab 
the individual win. She was briefly challenged for the first half mile by 
Dana Early of Ridley, who dropped back to finish a solid 3rd. Kelly Baker of 
Chambersburg broke away from a Wyo controlled pack at the 1 mile mark and 
followed her team-mate to a second place. It was the chasing pack that of 10 
created the excitement for the Wyo fans. Stretched across the front for the 
first 1-1/2 miles, were Senior Jess Geissler, All-State Junior Jana Sallade, 
and two freshman Amy & Debbie Huss.  Senior Erin Flannery trailed just off 
this pack marking her arch-rival Tai Gonslaves. Never in anyone's recent 
memory had any Spartan harrier team (male or female) showed such power at a 
big meet. Along the tree line the first time, it was Sallade who powered up 
the rise and around the corner at the end of the treeline stretching out the 
chase group. Geissler faded slightly back to about 10th, but the Huss twins 
persisted right on Jana's heels. It was truly an inspiring sight for Coach 
Hetrick watching his wave of blue all come in within 40 seconds of each 
other. At the finish, it was Sallade-4th, A. Huss-5th, D. Huss-6th, 
Geissler-11th and Flannery-13th.  The rest of the Chambersburg team was 15th, 
17th and 19th. A solid defeat of a AAA power. The only Berks Co. runners to 
break up the Big Blue Wave were All-State Nikki Angstadt of Fleetwood in 8th 
and second team All-Berks Tai Gonsalver in 10th. 


Results:
Boys:
1. Joel Moceri          16:32   WYO
2. Ed Schlichter        16:53   CHAMB
3. Pat Shea             17:05   SPRINGF
4. Ulysses Burkholder   17:20   EPHRATA
5. Josh Davis           17:31   CHAMB
6. Chad Lloyd           17:38   POTTSG
7. Chris Eberly         17:41   STRAT H
8. Corey Rodgers        17:47   POTTSG
9. Brian Cook           17:53   CHAMB
10. James McDonald      17:58   FLEETW
11. Kevin Kopay         17:58   RIDLEY
12. Alex Burkholder     18:05   EPHRATA
13. Joel Goodling       18:07   WYO
14. Darren Brown        18:10   CHAMB
15. Jon Bredlinger      18:11   POTTSG
16. Jon Douglas         18:13   WYALUS
17. Josh Vanderveen     18:13   WYO
18. Paul Stoltzfus      18:16   WYO
19. Rich Harper         18:19   CHAMB
20. Dave Wissler        18:21   EPHRATA


Boys Teams
CHAMBERSBURG    49
WYOMISSING      71
EPHRATA         93
WYALUSING       141
POTTSGROVE      147
SPRINGFIELD     156
STRATH HAVEN    199 
FLEETWOOD       200
OLEY VALLEY     219
INTERBORO       225
RIDLEY          267


Girls:
1. Beth Armstrong       19:31   CHAMB
2. Kelly Baker          19:50   CHAMB
3. Dana Early           20:07   RIDLEY
4. Janna Sallade        20:13   WYO
5. Amy Huss             20:16   WYO
6. Debbie Huss          20:17   WYO
7. Lauren Barrett       20:31   WYALUS
8. Nikki Angstadt       20:32   FLEETW
9. Steph Keller         20:39   EPHRATA
10. Tai Gonsalves       20:42   OLEY
11. Jess Geissler       20:46   WYO
12. Ann Marie           20:51   SPRINGF
13. Erin Flannery       20:53   WYO
14. Emily Welsh         20:59   STRATH H
15. Linsay Ausherman    21:12   CHAMB
16. Amelia Koehler      21:15   STRATH H
17. Megan White         21:18   CHAMB
18. Jenny Stevens       21:25   WYALUS
19. Amy Drawbaugh       21:25   CHAMB
20. Sarah Coiner        21:27   EPHRATA


Girls Teams
WYOMISSING          37
CHAMBERSBURG        51
WYALUSING           108
STRATH HAVEN        109
EPHRATA             117
SPRINGFIELD         133
RIDLEY              180
OLEY VALLEY         206
NORTH SCHUYLKILL    260
KUTZTOWN            275
INTERBORO           283

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